I shot this 2 weeks ago in St Thomas. Depth was about 55-60 feet. The fish was somewhere about 10 inches long. He was skitish, and this was as close as I could get to him. I've never seen one of these before and I can't identify it.

http://forum.scubatoys.com/gallery/files/2/8/4/4/fish.jpg

Puffer Fish

01-24-2008, 20:44

That is a really easy one, if you have one of the fish ID books. Cannot for the life of me remember it's name.. argggggggg.

setesh

01-24-2008, 20:48

The detail on the head is hard to make out. Could it be a lizardfish?

http://www.savesansalvador.com/images/fish/lizardfish.jgp.jpg

No Misses

01-24-2008, 20:51

I concure with Setesh. It looks like a lizardfish.

Puffer Fish

01-24-2008, 20:55

The detail on the head is hard to make out. Could it be a lizardfish?

http://www.savesansalvador.com/images/fish/lizardfish.jgp.jpg

Thank you... knew it was something easy....

hossie24

01-25-2008, 08:03

That is definitely a lizardfish. Took a field ichthyology class recently and spent plenty of time with them.

DennisW

01-25-2008, 08:11

Yep, it's a Lizardfish. Also called a Sand Diver.

Mycroft

01-27-2008, 19:02

The Deloach book isn't very good on this guy, which is why I had trouble. Thanks.

SkuaSeptember

01-27-2008, 19:54

I know the question has already been answered, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to throw in a link to Fishbase!
Synodus intermedius, Sand diver: fisheries, aquarium (http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2720)